Baltimore Activist Alert -- September 20 - 24, 2022

42] National Voter Registration Day– Sept. 20   

43] Knock on doors with the MD Dems – Sept. 20 - 24  

44] Phone bank for Brooke – Sept. 20 – 24

45] Knock on doors for Brooke – Sept. 20 - 24

46] Resist the Air Force Association "Arms Bazaar" – Sept. 20

47] Healthy environment, a fundamental human right – Sept. 20

48] Nuclear Risk-Reduction and Disarmament – Sept. 20

49] Voting Resources Fair – Sept. 20  

50] Taiwan Strait Crisis -- Sept. 20

51] We Are All Organizers – Sept. 20

52] Russia out of Ukraine protest –Sept. 20

53] Our Revolution phone bank -- Sept. 20 – 22

54] Defending Our Imperiled Democracy – Sept. 20

55] Make calls for Beto – Sept. 20, 23 & 24 

56] Write letters for Beto – Sept. 20 & 23

57] Iran Deal/Biden steals Afghanistan’s funds – Sept. 20

58] National Voter Registration Day – Sept. 20

59] Letter writing to the media – Sept. 20

60] Letter writing to voters – Sept. 20

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42] – What can we do when one political party’s leaders openly and aggressively try to take away our democracy and roll back women’s rights and civil rights? When they attack our efforts to embed racial and restorative justice in our societal systems, how do we respond? One of the most meaningful things we can do during this time is to show up for this election and to make sure others do! National Voter Registration Day is September 20th so it’s a perfect time to check your voter registration status and make sure your family members are registered.

43] – Baltimore City - Knock on doors with the MD Dems Coordinated Campaign, hosted by the Maryland Democratic Party through Fri., Sept. 30.  Meet at 415 N. Howard St., Suite G-1, Baltimore 21201.  Knock on doors and talk to our neighbors to make sure voters are engaged and excited to vote for Wes Moore, Senator Chris Van Hollen, Brooke Lierman, Anthony Brown, and the rest of the democratic slate. The canvassing shifts are on Tues., Sept. 20 through Sat., Sept. 24 from 10 AM to 1 PM, 1 to 4 PM and 4 to 7 PM ET.  Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/498322/.

44] – On Tues., Sept. 20 through Sat., Sept. 24 from 10 AM to 8 PM ET, phone bank for Brooke Lierman for comptroller.  Can you spare a few hours to phone bank for Brooke? You can do it from your home and you will be sent a list and a script!  Once you sign up, an organizer will reach out directly to you and get you your phone book and a training if you need it! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/489251/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations.OTH_VirtualConventionSignup_080822&t=4&akid=16578%2E508952%2EHQOuGi.

45] – Do some Door Knocking for Brooke in Your Neighborhood, hosted by Brooke 24Lierman for Comptroller.  Sign up for Tues., Sept. 20 through Sat., Sept 17.  The door knocking takes place from 10 AM to 8 PM ET. Canvass in your community and share Brooke's vision to transform the Comptroller's office to work for every Marylander. YOU CAN DO THIS ON YOUR OWN TIME. Once you sign up, the team will follow up with everything you will need to knock doors including materials, a t-shirt, stickers, and a quick training. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/484676/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_custom_marketing.

46] – Resist the Air Force Association "Arms Bazaar" on Tues., Sept. 20 from noon to 1:30 PM ET.  Participate a Nonviolent Vigil and Prayer Service for Peace and Justice during the annual AFA Air-Space-Cyber Conference and Technology Exposition. This witness is being held on the eve of the International Day of Peace (https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-peace) and in solidarity with Campaign Nonviolence (https://paceebene.org/action-days) and Catholic Day of Actions (https://nonviolencejustpeace.net/days-of-action/). For more info about the AFA Arms Bazaar see: https://www.afa.org/2022-air-space-cyber-agenda.

The demo will be held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, 201 Waterfront St., National Harbor, MD 20745. Meet for the vigil at the corner of Waterfront St. and St. George Blvd., directly across from the Gaylord National Resort. This is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Contact Art Laffin at 202-360-6416 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.

47] – This past July, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution 161-0 (with the US among those voting in favor) that recognizes a healthy environment as a fundamental human right. On Tues., Sept. 20 at noon, Delegate Vaughn Stewart and John Knox, Professor of International Law and former Special Rapporteur on the Environment and Human Rights, will be in conversation about this development and its impact on the international, national and local level. Join for a conversation about how this resolution was passed, what similar resolutions have meant at a country level, what this resolution will mean internationally and what this means for our local efforts in Maryland. RSVP at https://mdehr.org/actions/september-20-webinar/.

48] – UNFOLD ZERO [info@unfoldzero.org] is holding an online event on Tues., Sept. 20 at 1 PM ET.  Discuss Nuclear Risk-Reduction and Disarmament from the NPT to the UN General Assembly.  Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O44dgHmlS3--9MjS4yR3Iw.

49] – Get over to Voting Resources Fair, organized for When We All Vote on Tues., Sept. 20 from noon to 1 PM ET at Howard Community College, 10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia 21044. The resource fair is to encourage voter’s registration in the campus community. Go to https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/502869/.

50] – On Tues., Sept. 20 from 1 to 2 PM ET, the Stimson Center’s Defense [sic] Strategy and Planning program will convene a panel of experts to discuss the urgent need for effective crisis management in cross-Strait relations, drawing on lessons from the 1995 Taiwan Strait Crisis to the present day.  The United States and China have relied for decades on military signaling to communicate resolve and deterrence over Taiwan policy. Since the election of Tsai Ing-Wen in 2016, China has conducted a range of coercive military actions, including aerial patrols and large-scale military exercises in response to perceived offenses by Taiwan and the United States, resulting in renewed calls for greater U.S. military presence and commitment. The United States has recently made a number of unambiguous signals of support for Taiwan in an effort to enhance deterrence, and China has responded by intensifying its military activities in the region, raising U.S.-China tensions to historic levels. Sign up at https://www.stimson.org/event/coercion-and-crisis-management-in-the-taiwan-strait/.

51] – On Tues., Sept. 20 from 2 to 3:30 PM and 7:30 to 9 PM ET,  the Democratic National Committee has put together We Are All Organizers: Community Organizing Training. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/404981/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.  Learn how to organize in your community.  Community organizing focuses on the most important tools at our disposal: our relationships and our ability to talk with one another about things that matter. Go over the best ways to make a difference, and how to be a leader and organize in your community. You will receive a link to join on Zoom closer to the day-of.

52] – Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., Sept. 20 from 4:30 to 5:30 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. The invasion of Ukraine has the potential to become a war extending throughout Europe.  Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use of nuclear weapons.  Russian soldiers were sent into the area around the contaminated and still radioactive Chernobyl nuclear plant. Now they are stationed in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe.   People who believe in peace and justice should come forward and take the risks of peace. The recent burial sites continue to expose ruthless war crimes by the invaders, Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607. Celebrate the International Day of Peace a day early.

53] – Our Revolution [info@ourrevolution.com] would like you to phone bank on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET. There are more than 8 million voters across the country who identify as progressive. These numbers suggest progressives can win at every level of government, but the voters must go to the polls! Sign up to join the Our Revolution phone bank force at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/440081/?akid=2556.8252965.t1Ai8m&rd=1&t=11. Sign up for Tues., Sept. 20, Wed., Sept. 21 &Thurs., Sept. 22.  

54] – Massachusetts Peace Action [info@masspeaceaction.org] hopes you will attend on Tues., Sept. 20 at 6:30 PM a webinar Defending Our Imperiled Democracy with Richard Falk, Liz Theoharis and Van Gosse.  The discussion recognize our national crisis to defend the constitutional democracy.  It is no secret that what remains of our already flawed U.S. constitutional democracy is in serious jeopardy. Without it, our efforts to stanch the climate emergency, prevent wars, and to promote social and economic justice will face more than daunting prospects. The next few years will determine if we can revitalize U.S. democracy, or if the country will go the way of the Weimar Republic. Gerrymandering, racist obstacles to voter registration and voting, and the capture of states’ election reporting systems by right-wing extremists place our electoral democracy in peril. Militia violence targeted against elected officials, election officials, the courts compounded by misinformation decreased access to truth make us all vulnerable. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mENO4v5JSc-QHadJXK_YjQ?_x_zm_rtaid=5kzm8eLkSLW8LguDN29JjA.1663538673720.26651d26d1a93a7511ab21d08cb27ccd&_x_zm_rhtaid=723.

55] – Beto for Texas [info@betoorourke.com] needs your help phone banking to help elect a new governor in Texas.  Sign up for a shift on Tues., Sept. 20 from 7 to 9:30 PM, Fri., Sept. 23 from 6 to 7:30 PM, Sat., Sept. 24 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM ET and Sun., Sept. 25 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM. Help make direct, personal contact with as many Texans as we can. You can join in from anywhere. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/betofortexas/event/438569/?utm_source=ema20220727-200206.

56] – Sign up to join a Beto for Texas Letter Writing Party on Tues., Sept. 20 from 7 to 8 PM, Fri., Sept. 23 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM ET and Sun., Sept. 25 from 3:30 to 5 PM or. Letter writing parties are a great opportunity to meet other Beto for Texas volunteers and get trained on the letter writing process. After a brief training, write letters together! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/betofortexas/event/427673/?utm_source=ema20220817-203416.

57] –.On Tues., Sept. 20 at 8 PM ET, join CODEPINK Congress and Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) to challenge US policies causing mass starvation in Afghanistan and imposing brutal sanctions on Iran after the US abandoned the JCPOA (Iran nuclear deal).   Despite a legal ruling favoring unfreezing half of Afghanistan’s $7 billion frozen in US banks, the Biden administration continues to withhold Afghanistan’s Central Bank reserves. Meanwhile, as the White House moves toward rejoining the Iran nuclear deal, dozens of corporate Democrats aligned with Saudi Arabia, UAE and Israel are pushing back. Will the US return to the Iran nuclear deal? Will the Biden administration unfreeze Afghanistan’s funds? Hear from Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and Masuda Sultan, an Afghan-American women’s rights activist. Register at https://www.codepink.org/09202022.

58] – Union of Concerned Scientists [action@ucsusa.org] wants you to know about an event on Tues., Sept. 20 at 8 PM -- National Voter Registration Day with Union of Concerned Scientists. The Union of Concerned Scientists invites scientists and science advocates to a virtual event on National Voter Registration Day to register voters in your networks, community, and nationwide. Join for a virtual event to kick off a month of voter registration action. Now is a critical time to be involved in the protection of elections and voting rights.  Register at https://secure.ucsusa.org/a/2022-09-20-natl-voter-reg-day-kickoff?contactdata=8Q4oe9oi6g2X63aYYrjdTDVH23idFskwOYeWdRSlF8aU83rPLuhTh93wkuHdxOhan4Kym%2biPa5zdI2RIe7oOs0NJq2bqAuDlo9iAuUIeIKqJZ53gl9b8fq2oQ6Hf7YPkaz12ZsqLMB179aO9CQRfPBhjzxfc7JCWR0ASdkn%2f7bVBwSdHeyftw9Ytf%2fiQDW7M3ptlycM%2frCkjZAWhciTe8W1iu95t52KHyB3tpuP8szzWwucHpvdWcAyvA0alDjjVyEv%2blbBJeTAqs%2bWI2moNjA%3d%3d&utm_campaign=email&utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&emci=f269304b-7123-ed11-bd6e-281878b83d8a&emdi=5348ccf5-de23-ed11-bd6e-281878b83d8a&ceid=1507036.

59] – Join a Letter to the Editor Party: The Paid Jailer Report, hosted by Common Cause. Write letters to our local media outlets about issues facing our country, from voting rights to ending mass incarceration. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/418654/?followup_modal_context=newsletter. You can participate on Tues., Sept. 20 from 8 to 9 PM ET.

60] – Join a Letter Writing Party virtual training on Tues., Sept. 20 from 8 to 9 PM ET, hosted by Vote Forward. Writing letters on your own is amazing, but bringing a group of people together to write letters with you is an even better way to multiply your impact on voter turnout this year — and have fun at the same time! Learn everything you need to know to make your letter writing party a success. The training will cover how to invite and prepare attendees, how to set up your event, and how to follow up.  Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/496671/.

To be continued.

Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212.  Ph.: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.

"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their lives." Eugene Victor Debs